Vietnam, Singapore step up cooperation in crime prevention

Vietnam Minister of Public Security (R)To Lam welcomes Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law K.Shanmugam (Photo VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs have signed a document on extending the agreement on bilateral cooperation in the field of cross-border crime prevention and control. The signing took place after talks between Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security To Lam and Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law K.Shanmugam in Hanoi on December 6. At their talks, Lam said after the agreement was signed in 2006 and extended in 2012, the cooperation between the two ministries have seen positive strides in various fields such as high-level delegation exchanges, law enforcement, fire prevention, and search and rescue operations. This has contributed to reinforcing mutual political trust and deepening the two countries’ strategic partnership set up in 2013, he said. The effective cooperation between Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Singapore’s relevant agencies over the past time has made active contributions to the defence-security cooperation – an important pillar in the bilateral relations, he added. The two ministries have increased information exchanges in preventing terrorism, dealing with chemical, biological, nuclear and radioactive weapons as well as cyber attack risks, Lam said, adding that this is an important premise for the two governments and particularly the two ministries to develop cooperation in the future. He noted that Vietnam will host the 39th ASEAN Police Conference (ASEANPOL – 39) in 2019, so his ministry… [Read full story]